Voice TherapyThere are a variety of strategies and treatment techniques for voice therapy for male to female transition. Feidenberg discusses several voice therapy models in her article Working with Male-to-Female Transgendered Clients: Clinical Considerations. She noted that Gelfer produced a voice therapy treatment model for the transition from male to female voice. This program involves selecting and using a target pitch, and then extending that pitch into syllables, words, changing, phrases, and sentences. She also discusses a study by Oates & Dakais. They developed a program in which the client targets a fundamental frequency of at least 155 Hz, attempts to alter resonance, focuses on changes in intonation, and decreases loudness (Freidenberg, 2002).
The Treatment Strategies, Changing Keys Program, and College of Saint Rose pages offer a look at various treatment strategies for the transition. |
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Happiness and Quality of Life
A 2006 study titled "Perception of Voice in the Transgender Client," by McNeill, Wilson, Clark, & Deakin, discusses the impact of the fundamental frequency of voice on the client's happiness. The study shows that increased fundamental frequency does not correlate with increased happiness. Evaluation of increased perceived pitch by professionals is also not an indicator of happiness of the client. Subjective measures of client satisfaction are more reliable indicators of therapy success than increased fundamental frequency and perceived pitch.